Publications by authors named "P Magnani"
Purpose: Personalized treatment schemes are being systematically applied to ensure best treatment outcome in oncologic patients. This is true also for personalized dosimetry in transarterial radioembolization (TARE) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Precise and detailed volumetric and functional data derived from radiological and nuclear imaging methods are essential for personalized dosimetry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A core component of older adult health care assessment includes identifying fall risk, which also includes identifying those with subtle balance deficits.
Objective: To compare body displacement of the Center of Pressure (CoP) and time held during the balance test. Also, to examine whether balance tests at baseline can predict falls after 6 months.
Article Synopsis
- This study examines the use of [Ga]Ga-DOTATOC PET radiomics to enhance the detection of lymph node metastases in patients with non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNET) prior to surgery.
- It involved 72 patients, analyzing various parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values to assess the effectiveness of the imaging technique compared to traditional methods.
- The results show that radiomics improved sensitivity for detecting lymph node metastases from 24% to 77%, suggesting it could help clinicians better identify patients who may need more targeted surgical interventions.
Comparing Liver Venous Deprivation and Portal Vein Embolization for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Is It Time to Shift the Focus to Hepatic Functional Reserve Rather than Hypertrophy?
Cancers (Basel)
September 2023
: Among liver hypertrophy technics, liver venous deprivation (LVD) has been recently introduced as an effective procedure to combine simultaneous portal inflow and hepatic outflow abrogation, raising growing clinical interest. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of LVD for preoperative optimization of future liver remnant (FLR) in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC), especially when compared with portal vein embolization (PVE). : Between January 2013 and July 2022, all patients diagnosed with PHC and scheduled for preoperative optimization of FTR, through radiological hypertrophy techniques, prior to liver resection, were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the role of Ga-DOTATOC PET parameters in predicting DAXX/ATRX loss of expression in patients with Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNET) candidate to surgery.
Methods: This retrospective study included 72 consecutive patients with PanNET (January 2018-March 2022) who underwent to Ga-DOTATOC PET for preoperative staging. Image analysis: qualitative assessment and extraction of SUVmax, SUV mean, somatostatin receptor density (SRD), and total lesion somatostatin receptor density (TLSRD) from primary PanNET.